Melrose (Wairds) Cemetery is situated on the lower slopes of the Eildon Hills above the town of Melrose.
It contains 6 CWGC graves._________________ There must be a place under the sun where hearts of Olden Glory grow young .....

Name: TODD, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: Home Guard
Unit Text: 10th City of Edinburgh Bn.
Age: 42
Date of Death: 27/07/1941
Additional information: Son of James and Agnes Currie Todd; husband of Nellie Mercer Todd, of Newtown St. Boswells.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. B. Grave 40._________________ There must be a place under the sun where hearts of Olden Glory grow young .....

Name: STEEL, ANDERSON
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 28/08/1944
Service No: 3192349
Additional information: Son of John and Margaret Steel, of Melrose, Roxburghshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. B. 9.
Cemetery: ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY_________________ There must be a place under the sun where hearts of Olden Glory grow young .....

Name: SANDERSON, WILLIAM SMAIL
Initials: W S
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Secondary Regiment: Royal Artillery
Secondary Unit Text: attd.
Age: 37
Date of Death: between 26/04/1941 and 27/04/1941
Service No: T/70965
Additional information: Son of George and Margaret Sanderson of St. Boswells, Roxburghshire; husband of Helen Sanderson, of St. Boswells.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Face 8.
Memorial: ATHENS MEMORIAL_________________ There must be a place under the sun where hearts of Olden Glory grow young .....